This multi-volume set focuses on a key region of the world which
contains four of the biggest emerging economies, a large number of
highly dynamic small- and medium-sized emerging economies, and one
of the leading advanced industrial countries. It is a region which
contains some of the biggest hydrocarbon and mineral deposits in
the world, and some of the most energy- and metal-hungry economies
in the world. With half the world's population, it is one of the
most dynamic regions of the globe in terms of population movement,
providing a key focus of foreign investment, both inwards and
outwards, with a high degree of technological dynamism. The region
plays a central role in the industrial supply networks of the
globe.In four volumes, focusing on, respectively, foreign
investment, innovation, energy and migration, the set focuses on
each of the main elements in the production system in turn -
capital, innovation, raw materials and labour. Volume 1 studies
patterns of interchange of financial and direct investment within
the region, focusing on governance, the development of supply
chains, and technology transfer. In Volume 2, the technology theme
becomes dominant, with a special focus on digital technology. It
includes technical issues like mobile communications
standardisation, developmental dimensions, including the role of
clusters and science parks, and political economy issues like the
rise of techno-nationalism. Volume 3 turns to energy issues - not
just issues of supply and demand, but also key problems of climate
change, security and sustainability across the Eurasian and Asian
landmass. Volume 4 presents the human dimension, looking at people
in movement, as workers, citizens, men, women, or colonisers. Among
the key issues discussed are the migration from country to town in
China, the 'greying' of countries like Japan, the effect of war on
migration, marriage migration, human trafficking and the
depopulation of the Russian Far East.The set is a must-have for
anyone keen to understand the region whose manufacturing core can
be described, without exaggeration, as the 'workshop of the world'
of the twenty-first century.
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